The withdrawal of astaxanthin escalated skin canthaxanthin and zeaxanthin by Week 8. Dietary β-carotene suppressed s kin β-carotene,but enhanced skin zeaxanthin by Week 8. Although skin canthaxanthin was enhanced by dietaryβ-carotene from Week 5 onward, dietary β-carotene at 100 ppm maximized skin canthaxanthin byWeek 8. Interestingly, dietary canthaxanthin suppressed skin canthaxanthin and zeaxanthin, but increased β-carotene. This study suggests that astaxanthin has the potential to enhance the red hue on clownfish skin and its withdrawal from the diet did not fade the red hue of the skin
Effect of Dietary Carotenoids on Skin Color and Pigments of False Clownfish, Amphiprion ocellaris, Cuvier (PDF Download Available). Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237836679_Effect_of_Dietary_Carotenoids_on_Skin_Color_and_Pigments_of_False_Clownfish_Amphiprion_ocellaris_Cuvier [accessed May 7, 2016].